The game's Edgar in a 1936 cruiser counterfactual

What if every British cruiser with guns below 8 inches became a modern HMS Edgar in 1956?

For the 1936 scenario he actually answers, Alex predicts overwhelming British superiority and rapid destruction of Germany's surface fleet.

The question names 1956, while the answer explicitly places the replacement in 1936 and considers the coming Second World War. The game cruiser is described with six twin automatic 6-inch mounts, eight 76 mm guns, four quadruple torpedo launchers, and advanced radar. Alex predicts that a British fleet equipped this way would destroy the German surface fleet within days and discourage Italy from entering the war. Those are his counterfactual judgments about a fictional design, and the different dates in the question and response remain unresolved.